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The money pit

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11/21/2012 01:20:31 PM MST

I felt really sorry when I read the letter from the ticketed traveler from Carrizozo. He was so right in his assessment of the traffic situation on far East Pine St. The 35 miles per hour speed limit has nothing to do with safety; it's all about money. We call it, "The money pit." We live east of town and travel through there at least once a day. Some days the New Mexico State Police are giving tickets, then another day we see the city of Deming Police and lo and behold, the next day it is the Luna County Sheriff's Office. So we wonder if they flip each morning to see whose day it is to rake in the easy cash. I repeat: it is an all-agency money pit and you are fish in the barrel. Cha-ching.

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